List of unreleased games and proofs of their existence

[Madroms]

Topic for listing unreleased Saturn games with proofs of their existence: beta, preview in magazine, promotional stuff,...
As listing titles found everywhere mean nothing, we will list here the proofs we have about every unreleased games. Proof could be as tiny as a simple screenshot and some text in magazines, and as big as a released made by the community.

WIP list in form of TITLE - PROOFS we have

• Arms Race - Ads on European Gremlin Flyer
• Battlesport JPN - Promotional shelf card made + serial number given
• Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain [Crystal Dynamics] - Ads made with the Sega Saturn Logo, Preview in Next Generation magazine. It was 100% complete but no publisher found as the Saturn market was considered as risky.
• Chill - Game released
• Clockwork Knight Penguin Assault JPN - Beta released
• Colliderz - Some footages exist, but could be for the PSX or the Saturn version, both have been cancelled
• Comix Zone - Concept art only
• Croc II USA - Ad on the back cover of Croc USA manual
• Dark Sun - Shattered Lands USA (AD&D) - Ad on the back cover of Creature Shock Special Edition USA manual
• Deadly Skies [JVC - FunCom] - Preview in Next Generation magazine
• Deep Fear USA - Game released
• Dungeon Keeper - Ads on European Flyers
• Fake Down JPN [System Sacom] - Preview video on a released Japanese demo disc
• Fighting Force (Judgement Force - Metal Fist) - Beta released
• Fighting Force (Judgement Force - Metal Fist) - Non-playable demo on a released European demo disc + Complete game given for review to UK Magazine + Preview in SSM Magazine
• Final Arch (Baseball - WIP title) [Sega] - Preview in Next Generation magazine
• Free Runner USA - WIP front covers in magazines
• Heart of Darkness [Amazin Studio - Virgin] - Preview in Next Generation magazine
• Iron a Blood - Warriors of Ravenloft EUR (AD&D) - Ads on Acclaim Flyers
• Iron a Blood - Warriors of Ravenloft USA (AD&D) - Ad on the back cover of Impact Racing USA manual
• Jewels of the Oracle USA - Promotional shelf card made
• Krazy Ivan USA - Promotional shelf card made
• Kyu-Bakukku JPN - Press information + serial number given, release scheduled for 1996/12/06.
• Madden NFL '96 [EA] - Preview in Next Generation magazine
• Magic The Gathering - Battlemage - Ads on Acclaim Flyers
• Major Damage [Capcom] - Beta released
• Millenium Fire - Preview video on a released Japanese demo disc
• Monica no Shiro JPN (previous title: Faradoon ~The Legend of Dragon Castle~) [Pioneer LDC] - Promotional flyer and VHS made
• Monster Maker: Holy Dagger JPN - multiple previews in Japanese magazines (multiple pages)
• Ninja EUR - Ads on Eidos Flyer - Preview in Next Generation magazine
• Obelisk ~Project Oscar wo Suikou seyo~ JPN - Press information + serial number given, release scheduled for 1997/03/07.
• Olympic Summer Games USA [US Gold] - Promotional shelf card made
• Rebellion - Beta released
• Reloaded EUR - Playable demo on a released European demo disc
• Return Fire EUR - Game released
• S.T.O.R.M. [American Softworks - Virtual Studio] - Preview in Next Generation magazine
• Scorcher JPN - Promotional shelf card made + serial number given
• Shadoan USA - WIP front covers in magazines
• Shenmue - Footage found in Shenmue 2 for DC + game mentioned in interviews
• Shredfest [EA] - Preview in Next Generation magazine
• Sonic Xtreme - beta released, not really playable, only some sort of concept
• Swagman USA - Promotional cardboard box
• Tennis Arena EUR - Beta released
• Viewpoint - Ads on European Flyers
• Virtua Fighter 3 - Mentioned in magazines, no other proof for now
• Wärrz JPN [Shouei System] - Promotional flyer made
• Waterworld [Ocean] - Completed copy in the hands of its creator, the former Ocean of America's programmer Steve Woita
• Werewolf - The Apocalypse [Capcom] - Beta released
• Wild 9 [Shiny Entertainment] - Ads in Next Generation magazine
• X2 JPN [Capcom] - Promotional shelf card made + serial number given

Rumored Title (without any concrete proof)

• Biohazard Special HK version - A few talks here and there on the Internet about it. We need to find more information and pictures.
• Biohazard 2 WIP Special HK version - A few talks here and there on the Internet about it. We need to find more information and pictures.
• Bubsy 3D - As stated on the Accolate website in 1996-1997.
• Eternal Champions 3 - Rumor
• Heracles no Daibouken JPN - Only title mentioned in some Japanese magazins
• NHL Powerplay 98 - Cover Art floating on the Internet
• Policenauts USA - Probably need to be put on the 1st list but we need some proofs that we don't have now. Please submot some
• Psychic Force - Only title mentioned in some Japanese magazins
• Rent-a-Hero - Rumor

Please continue the list
I don't remember the title of the game own by 2 saturn collectors, never released, and based on a NES game.

Every title may have its own topic here with all the proof collected so far. It could be a great way to have all the stuff in the same place. I will let you make them

[zyrobs]

Fighting Force was finished, review copies were sent to the UK Sega Saturn mag.

Monica no Shiro (T-22201G) - we have cover art and commercials online, but the game was never released.

NHL Powerplay 98 had Saturn cover art floating online for the longest time, maybe the Saturn port was just canceled?

Shenmue - started on the Saturn, eventually finished on the DC.

Supposedly there was a Rent-a-Hero game for Saturn as well, but this is just a rumor I heard from a guy who worked at Sega around 2003. It would make sense for various reason: AM2 supplied some of the best Saturn games, Rent-a-Hero was in Fighters Megamix, and a Rent-a-hero game was eventually released on the Dreamcast (with Segata Sanshiro as your trainer!).

Eternal Champions 3 was rumored to be under development (or planned anyway), but was axed because Sega didn't want to saturate the fighting game market and worsen sales of Virtua Fighter 2. And then they released crap like Golden Axe The Duel.

A Comix Zone concept for Saturn was created, but it never went anywhere.

And of course there's VF3.

[PXL]

I love to found a proto af the game : Magic The Gathering - Battlemage. And a proto of Ninja.

Acclaim made advert of Magic in his flyer. And eidos do the same for Ninja and fighting force.

[Madroms]

List updated.

[zyrobs]

huh. What do we count as concrete proof, releases only? Because we have concrete proof for Fighting Force and Shenmue otherwise.

Fighting Force proof:
http://www.x-cult.org/images/games/120/ ... eview1.jpg
http://www.x-cult.org/images/games/120/ ... eview2.jpg
SSM says: "We now have a virtually complete Saturn version".

Comix Zone 3d concept:
http://www.sonic-cult.org/imagebin/Comi ... lEntry.jpg
This was released by Peter Morawiec, who was the lead designer of the Megadrive version. So it's not just a rumor... Of course, the game never went past the concept/idea phase.

Shenmue had a demo reel released by AM2 themselves of the saturn version, and it was mentioned in interviews as well - definitely not just a rumor.

Heracles no Daibouken was released as Herc's Adventures in the USA.

Virtua Fighter 3 was definitely mentioned in multiple magazines to be under development, but I don't remember any actual footage of the Saturn version. The only supposed pictures online are from an incomplete Model 3 emulator.

[Wesker]

Hi.

Chill is not "Beta released", it's actually "Game released", like Return Fire. What was released at SegaSaturno was a fully finished review copy of the game that originally emerged from a former Super Juegos magazine journalist, and was what Sega Europe was going to release.

There's also Waterworld by Ocean. A completed copy of the game has been confirmed to be in the hands of its creator, the former Ocean of America's programmer Steve Woita. He doesn't want to release the game because of possible legal issues with Universal.

[Madroms]

huh. What do we count as concrete proof, releases only? Because we have concrete proof for Fighting Force and Shenmue otherwise.

Proof as not only people talking about it but "physical" proof that can be shown.

Fighting Force, Shenmue and VF3 put on the 1st list.
Comix Zone: your link is dead. For game that didn't past the concept/idea phase, I don't think we can called them real unreleased game as "nothing" were done. Comix Zone may went further btw.

Shenmue: where did the demo has been released ? I didn't really keep my eyes on this.

Heracles no Daibouken was released as Herc's Adventures in the USA.

Exactly, but JPN released announced and never went out.

[Madroms]

Chill is not "Beta released", it's actually "Game released", like Return Fire. What was released at SegaSaturno was a fully finished review copy of the game that originally emerged from a former Super Juegos magazine journalist, and was what Sega Europe was going to release.

There's also Waterworld by Ocean. A completed copy of the game has been confirmed to be in the hands of its creator, the former Ocean of America's programmer Steve Woita. He doesn't want to release the game because of possible legal issues with Universal.

Thanks Wesker, info added.

[zyrobs]

There's a link for the comix zone concept here:
http://www.sonic-cult.org/dispart.php?c ... =1&artid=2
They don't like hotlinking it seems.

The Shenmue Saturn video came from Shenmue 2, after you've beaten the game (according to google).

[greeneyes]

There were two D&D titles advertised
First was Warriors of Ravenloft on the back of Impact Racing

Sat. D&D Ravenloft.jpg